About This Content One of the busiest commuter routes through the UK’s capital city is stunningly recreated for Train Simulator in this new route add-on.The North London Line spans approximately 17 miles between Richmond and Stratford, and is today part of the London Overground network. The line is a heavy commuter route with trains every 15 minutes, and also a key corridor for freight traffic, connecting the inner suburbs north of London. Despite the line’s short length, the route is almost entirely dense inter-urban railway, with trains taking more than one hour to traverse the route when calling at all 23 stations.Built over a total of 25 years in five connecting sections, the first portion of the line was opened as the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway in 1846 between Stratford and North Woolwich, with the last portion opening in 1869 between South Acton and Richmond by the London & South Western Railway.The 1980s started to see closures across the line, the most notable being the closure of Broad Street station, a once major terminus for the City of London that became a dwindling station with very few passengers. Other notable closures on the line included the Tottenham Hale to Stratford link, and more recently the section between Stratford and North Woolwich in 2006. Where that track once stood is now used by the Docklands Light Railway and will also become part of the Crossrail branch to Abbey Wood in 2018.The line is electrified mostly with 25kV AC overhead catenary between Stratford and Acton Central, made so that dual voltage Class 313s could use the line and also open it up to electric freight locomotives. The section between Acton Central and Richmond sees third rail power, and between Gunnersbury and Richmond there is also a fourth rail as the London Overground and District Line shares this stretch of the network.Today the line is populated by Class 378/2 ‘Capitalstars’ forming the London Overground services, D78 Tube Stock for District Line services between Richmond and Gunnersbury, and Class 66s, 70s, 90s and 92s hauling freight.The North London Line for Train Simulator recreates the 17 mile route as it operates today between Richmond in the South West of London and Stratford in the North East, with the track curving in a rough semicircle shape to avoid the centre of London. The route includes standard British LED signalling throughout and the modern TfL Class 378 ‘Capitalstar’.ScenariosSeven scenarios for the route:Coming From ClaphamQuattro ServiceLate for Work!Stratford Slurry: Part 1Stratford Slurry: Part 2Early Morning RunCamden ShowersMore scenarios are available on Steam Workshop online and in-game. Train Simulator’s Steam Workshop scenarios are free and easy to download, adding many more hours of exciting gameplay. With scenarios being added daily, why don’t you check it out now!Click here for Steam Workshop scenarios.Key Features17 mile North London Line between Richmond and StratfordLandmarks including Gospel Oak, Hampstead Heath Tunnel, Finchley Road, Willesden Junction, Acton Central and Kew Gardens25kV AC overhead catenary, third rail and fourth rail power supplyStandard British LED signalling throughoutTfL Class 378 ‘Capitalstar’ EMUScenarios for the routeQuick Drive compatibleDownload size: 1,860mb 7aa9394dea Title: Train Simulator: North London Line Route Add-OnGenre: SimulationDeveloper:Dovetail GamesPublisher:Dovetail Games - TrainsFranchise:Train SimulatorRelease Date: 22 Oct, 2015 Train Simulator: North London Line Route Add-On Verification Download I like this route and have had none of the problems outlined by others, however I still have issues with it.Any scenario that requires a stop at Caledonian Road and Barnsbury fails and here's why. When you make the stop and open the doors there is no red timer bar showing in the HUD, as this is a scoring stop, no points are given for making it. Thus at the end you get a scenario failed notice telling you that you failed to stop. So I tried the scenario again, and got the same result.So I tried another scenario, it also required a stop at the same station, again no red timer bar and thus no points etc.Then there is the class 59 and its scenarios, and they are rubbish with absolutely no redeeming qualities. So I looked in the workshop for further scenarios, and there are seemingly none; however since the search function in workshop is less use than a chocolate teapot, there might be dozens, but I couldn't find them.Then there's the issue of the AI or lack of it, even in the scenarios set at rush hour, the AI trains are few and far between.So, a seemingly neat route with lots of possibilities that are poorly exploited and what is there suffers from the ever occurring DTGitis, which is of course a full time aversion to doing something properly. No matter what route, there is always something amiss.Oh, and I did the local file check, uninstalled the route and the re-installed it, again a file check and it's still the bloody same. There is no excuse other than appalling QC and a don't give a toss attitude. For the record, I run the game with all settings set to maximum and have excellent frame rate; so these issues are not hardware related.As a route 8\/10Play value 3\/10Value for money 1\/10As with most folks, I want my purchases to make me happy, I do not want them to be an object lesson in frustration and disappointment as so many of the DTG routes seem to be.. Although initially it seems expensive for a short route, a lot of work has gone into this and there are a lot of quite complex track formations. Recognition value is high.If you find that an add-on is not working, for example the class 378, it is not necessary to validate the files. Simply go to you library, select TS2016. A scrollable list of dlc you own will appear on the page, untick the add-on giving you problems. This will uninstall that specific add-on, then once it has done this, re-tick the add-on and it will download and install it again. This avoids losing any mods or having to re-install sound packs etc in the rest of the sim. Obviously this won't work if the problem is with the core game files.. I feel there could have been alot more work put into the route, Maybe a bit more detailing or the sounds on the Class 378 could have be changed to something more than copied 377 sounds! But yes. I would recommened the route it is linear though and once you have driven both ways once or twice it gets a bit boring! There is not really room for scenario creators as the only scenarios you can make is Richmond to Stratford. There is also not alot to do apart from open doors, speed up to 45mph max before slowing down 10 seconds later for the next stop!. Although initially it seems expensive for a short route, a lot of work has gone into this and there are a lot of quite complex track formations. Recognition value is high.If you find that an add-on is not working, for example the class 378, it is not necessary to validate the files. Simply go to you library, select TS2016. A scrollable list of dlc you own will appear on the page, untick the add-on giving you problems. This will uninstall that specific add-on, then once it has done this, re-tick the add-on and it will download and install it again. This avoids losing any mods or having to re-install sound packs etc in the rest of the sim. Obviously this won't work if the problem is with the core game files.. Can anyone help me? I bought the North London line and Gospel Oak add on but i have no scenarios for the North London line? Why dont i have them. HELP!. Everytime I try and load it up, it either pops up with a box saying: failed to load QD scenario or, a box saying i'm missing the 378...
Train Simulator: North London Line Route Add-On Verification Download
Updated: Mar 17, 2020